There's a War to Be Won: The United States Army in World War II

THERES A WAR TO BE WON is the landmark story of one of the greatest armies in history a conscript force of amateur soldiers who had an unparalleled record of combat success. Here -- for the first time in one volume -- is the chronicle of the United States Armys dramatic mobilization and stunning march to victory in World War II.In a lively and engrossing narrative that spans theaters of operations around the world Geoffrey Perret tells how the Army was drafted trained organized armed and led at every stage of the war. Beginning with the prescient military planners of the 1930s he offers vivid warts-and-all profiles of the farsighted commanders who would lead the way men like Marshall MacArthur Eisenhower Ridgway Bradley and Patton.Drawing heavily on important new source material in major archives throughout the United States THERES A WAR TO BE WON offers new insights into the wartime Army its commanders and its battles. A major work of American military history.An immensely readable well-researched history . . . Dramatic. -- Chicago Tribune